Synopses & Reviews
This second edition is a hands-on introduction to the Internet that covers both basic and technical Internet concepts and skills. This book is designed to blend concepts and basic skills required to be a successful user of the Internet. Societal coverage makes this book unique, and with content on e-business and technologies of the Internet, students will receive both basic and technical coverage of Internet concepts and skills.
Synopsis
DISCOVERING THE INTERNET: COMPLETE CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES, Third Edition provides a hands-on introduction to both basic and technical Internet concepts and skills to help students become digitally literate computer users.
About the Author
Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years. H. Albert Napier is a Professor of Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University. The author and co-author of several books about using desktop applications, Al has been involved in computer education for more than 20 years. Ollie N. Rivers has more than 20 years business experience in financial and administrative management and more than 10 years experience as a corporate trainer. She is a co-author of two e-business textbooks; a contributing author on more than 15 software applications and Internet textbooks; and has developed numerous continuing education seminars for accounting professionals. Ms. Rivers holds an MBA and a BS in Accounting and Management, both from Houston Baptist University.
Table of Contents
1. Into the Internet 2. Browsing the Web 3. Searching the Web 4. Communicating Online Appendices A: Exploring Other Browsers B: HTML Quick Reference